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HR 3822 108th Congress House

National Livestock Identification Act

Official title: To amend the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 24, 2004 Introduced by: McCollum, Betty Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural subsidiesAnimal diseasesAnimalsData banks
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Feb 24, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 24, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 24, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Livestock Identification Act - Amends the Animal Health Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic nationwide livestock identification system to enhance the Department of Agriculture's response to outbreaks of livestock disease. Requires that such system be capable of tracing, within 48 hours, individual animals from birth to slaughter.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide producer participation assistance; and (2) appoint an international panel of scientific experts to review the Department's response to an outbreak of livestock disease.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3787 Related bill National Farm Animal Identification and Records Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3822: National Livestock Identification Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3822/
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"H.R. 3822: National Livestock Identification Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3822/.
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H.R. 3822, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3822/.
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